Guide to Greece
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Guide to Greece
（Penguin classics）
Penguin, 1971
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Descriptio Graeciae
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v. 1. Central Greece -- v. 2. Southern Greece
Translation of Descriptio Graeciae
v.1 :"with revisions 1979"
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 ISBN 9780140442250
Description
Written in the second century AD by a Greek traveller for a predominantly Roman audience, Pausanias' Guide to Greece is an extraordinarily literate and well-informed guidebook. A study of buildings, traditions and myth, it describes with precision and eloquence the glory of classical Greece shortly before its ultimate decline in the third century. This volume, the first of two, concerns the five provinces of central Greece, with an account of cities including Athens, Corinth and Thebes and a compelling depiction of the Oracle at Delphi. Along the way, Pausanias recounts Greek legends that are unknown from any other source and quotes a wealth of classical literature and poetry that would otherwise have been lost. An inspiration to Byron and Shelley, the Guide to Greece remains one of the most influential travel books ever written.
Table of Contents
Guide to Greece 1: Central GreeceList of Figures
List of Maps and Plans
Acknowledgments
Corrections
Introduction
Book I: Attica
Book II: Corinth and the Argolid
Book III: Achaia
Book IV: Boiotia
Book V: Phokis
Appendix: The Successors of Alexander and their Wars
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Index
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v. 2 ISBN 9780140442267
Description
Written by a Greek traveller in the second century ad for a principally Roman audience, Pausanias' Guide to Greece is a comprehensive, extraordinarily literate and well-informed guidebook for tourists of the age. Concentrating on buildings, tombs and statues, it also describes in detail the myths, religious beliefs and historical background behind the monuments considered. In doing so, it preserves Greek legends, quotes classical literature and poetry that would otherwise have been lost, and offers a fascinating depiction of the glory of classical Greece immediately before its third-century decline. This, the second of two volumes, explores Southern Greece including Sparta, Arkadia, Bassae and the games at Olympia. An inspiration to travellers and writers across the ages, including Byron and Shelley, it remains one of the most influential of all travel books.
Table of Contents
Guide to Greece Volume 2: Southern GreeceList of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Book III: Lakonia
Book IV: Messina
Book V: Eleia I
Book VI: Eleia II
Book VIII: Arkadia
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Index
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